Daily news and links for Monday.

TEAM TALK

• Patriots All Access: Mike Vrabel’s homecoming; More. (19 min. video)
• Behind the Scenes: Head coach Mike Vrabel’s homecoming to New England. (6 min. video)
• Throwback: Tom Brady breaks all-time postseason passing record in 2014 AFC Championship game. (2.35 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Mike Reiss shares some quick-hit weekend thoughts: Who’s on Mike Vrabel’s radar for Patriots coordinators? Vrabel’s rules: Vrabel said the Patriots won’t have a long list of rules, but it will start with “being on time” and “being respectful.” He also highlighted three themes for players:...

Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel appears to be stretching out his staff.

John “Stretch” Streicher, Vrabel’s right-hand man in Tennessee, is expected to follow the recently-named head coach to New England, according to ESPN’s Mike Reiss. Streicher has yet to be officially hired as he served as the game management coordinator for the Rams, who lost in the NFC divisional round Sunday.

Regardless, a move speculated as soon as Vrabel landed in New England, isn’t far down the pike.

It’s a great addition for the Patriots, as discussed during NESN’s “Foxboro Rush” podcast published Monday.

Vrabel previously referred to Streicher...

Patriots executives had a rough go of it in their first season after Bill Belichick’s departure, but there were a few bright spots.

The biggest, of course, was the decision to stand pat at No. 3 in the 2024 NFL Draft and select Drake Maye. The quarterback’s promising rookie season might be the biggest source of optimism about the future in Foxboro, Mass., and Maye’s mere presence at One Patriot Place might make roster building substantially easier.

But after the Maye addition, New England’s next-best move from last offseason might be a trade some forgot about.

A few weeks before...

The Patriots should clear their schedules on Monday.

New England will be picking at No. 4 in the 2025 NFL Draft, and while some truly disastrous scenarios could unfold because of that, in all reality they’re in a pretty decent spot to help add some talent to the roster. Ohio State and Notre Dame will provide one last opportunity to watch real football in preparation for the marquee event, so it shouldn’t be wasted.

The Buckeyes and Fighting Irish have plenty of players that will be coveted over the next few months — shocking, we know. It’s actually so absurd...

Several members of the coaching staff will not be back with the team in 2025.

The New England Patriots’ coaching staff will look drastically different from the top down in 2025. While the extent of the changes has yet to be determined, we already know that several assistants of fired head coach Jerod Mayo will not be back next season.

Running backs coach Taylor Embree, tight ends coach Bob Bicknell, wide receivers coach Tyler Hughes and assistant wide receivers coach Tiquan Underwood, and director of skill development Joe Kim have all recently moved on from the organization. The same is...

Patriots players went to bat for Jerod Mayo mere minutes before he was fired — a sign that many in New England’s locker room expected the ex-linebacker to return for the 2025 season.

However, not all Patriots players were surprised when Mayo was shown the door after the team’s season finale.

Veteran defensive back Jonathan Jones, who’s played in New England since 2016, recently appeared on the “Pats Interference Football Podcast” and shed light on how his teammates received Mayo’s firing.

“Everybody kind of views it their own way,” Jones told the Boston Herald’s Andrew Callahan, as transcribed by USA...

Brady is one of two candidates interviewing for the Patriots’ offensive coordinator position so far.

The New England Patriots have started their search for their next offensive coordinator. Among the first candidates to interview for the open position was Marcus Brady, currently the passing game coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers.

What do the Patriots see in Brady, though? And what would he bring to the table as their next OC? Let’s take a closer look at him to answer those questions.

Marcus Brady profile

Name: Marcus Brady

Opening day age: 45 (9/24/1979)

Current position: Los Angeles Chargers passing...

Vrabel spent time with both Frank Piraino and John Streicher in Tennessee.

The New England Patriots’ coaching staff is slowly starting to take shape. Not only has a group of assistants already left the organization, the team also has begun the process of filling the first openings.

Among those expected to be brought in are two of new head coach Mike Vrabel’s former assistants with the Tennessee Titans, Frank Piraino and John Streicher. According to a report by Mike Reiss of ESPN, the belief is that both will end up filling roles on Vrabel’s staff in New England.

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Kugler will be one of two Patriots assistants to coach at the pre-draft showcase.

While several members of the New England Patriots’ offensive coaching staff will not be back with the club in 2025, one of them will be representing the team at the upcoming East-West Shrine Bowl. Robert Kugler, the team’s assistant offensive line coach last season, will serve in a similar capacity at the pre-draft showcase.

Kugler was announced as one of two Patriots coaches to work at the Shrine Bowl. He will coach the offensive line for the East team, with outside linebackers coach Drew Wilkins set...

There were similarities.

The Commanders and Patriots selected franchise quarterbacks with consecutive picks in the 2024 NFL Draft. Both organizations tabbed new leaders for their front offices and brought in new coaching staffs to lead the team on the field. Washington and New England simultaneously stepped to the starting line in a race many figured would resemble a marathon.

The Commanders, though, sprinted out in front and dusted the Patriots.

New England now holds the No. 4 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft and Washington is one of four teams still fighting for the Lombardi trophy.

There are two ways...

Chip Kelly, unlike other coaches who’ve been linked to Patriots this offseason, has never served on the same staff as Mike Vrabel.

But there are links between Vrabel and Kelly, the offensive coordinator of the Ohio State Buckeyes. Those links prompted ESPN’s Mike Reiss to label Kelly as an “outside-the-box” candidate for New England’s offensive coordinator.

“When Vrabel was initially hired as Titans coach in 2018, then-Ohio State co-offensive coordinator Ryan Day was among those he pursued as his OC,” Reiss wrote. “Day’s mentor, Chip Kelly, currently serves as Ohio State’s OC and would be an outside-the-box possibility for Vrabel...

Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel apparently could retain one of Jerod Mayo’s coordinators.

Vrabel, who was hired as New England’s head coach last week, confirmed there would be changes coming to the staff. But one assistant who is believed to be safe in Foxboro, Mass., is special teams coordinator Jeremy Springer.

“On special teams, momentum seemed to be building for Vrabel to retain coordinator Jeremy Springer and top assistant Tom Quinn, with Quinn having coached on Vrabel’s staff in Tennessee,” ESPN’s Mike Reiss wrote in a column published Sunday.

There’s an argument to be made Springer was New England’s best...